Prom time means lots of teenagers driving late and with other teens in the car – a combination that dramatically raises the risk of teen driver traffic accidents. Professor and teen driving expert Kenneth Beck, University of Maryland, College Park, School of Public Health, can offer advice for parents of teen drivers, especially the newest drivers. He can also discuss the topic and take calls on radio or TV broadcast. [continue reading…]
Adolescent Health
The first generation to grow up with the Internet is now 15 years old. But we know very little of the effects of daily internet use on these adolescents development.
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UBC’s Jennifer Shapka is conducting the first study in Canada to directly monitor the online activities of young teens. She is tracking 500 young people in 400 households to determine of internet use affects their cognitive development, social skills and obesity rates.
Link: Teen Tech Research Project
Source:The Leading Edge
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Questionnaire measures of childhood and teenage psychopathy should not be used in clinical or forensic settings because their legitimacy has yet to be established.
That’s the message from Carla Sharp and Sarah Kine who assessed four youth psychopathy questionnaires: The Antisocial Process Screening Device, The Child Psychopathy Scale, The Psychopathy Content Scale and The Youth Psychopathic Traits Inventory.
Parents are more likely to punish their teenager’s risky sexual activity when there are younger kids in the family, driven by a desire to set a strict example for these siblings, says new game theory research from the University of Maryland, Duke University and The Johns Hopkins University.The research team used economic game theory to predict levels of parental discipline. Parental concern for “reputation” with the younger children as a disciplinarian would be a powerful motivator, they predicted.
Their study, published in the April edition of the Journal of Economics, concluded that the exercise of parental control is effective in modifying the risky adolescent behavior. This is especially true in the case of the older children, who expect stronger penalties because their parents are making an example of them. [continue reading…]
